Resorting to violence to discipline a child seems a bit …

Resorting to violence to discipline a child seems a bit pathetic to me.
Surely as an adult you have found better ways of dealing with issues and as a parent just what is the child learning.
It’s OK to hit someone who does something you don’t like? Yes, I am a parent, my children aren’t always angels but I have never had to get violent with them.

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Kadaitchaman makes trouble in juvenile detentionMaybe equity is a better word to use than equality. Some people have different needs.
If you are deaf and in court it is fair and just that you get to have an interpreter to sign for you so you know what’s going on.
Is that equality? I mean the deaf person is getting special treatment.

Salt mine: Alice needs to grasp a major opportunityIt makes good economic sense to fully use existing infrastructure.
The trainline seems a good way to shift the workers down there – cheaper, safer and less pollution etc.
Why not use what we have already? It could also be a great service for the Titjikala community.
If we must have a mine there then there should also be plans put in place for the maximum opportunities for the Titjikala mob.

Grandson and grandmother come before the Royal Commission“Where are the parents?”, always an interesting question when you put it in an historical context.
How many of our good old pioneering families recognise their not completely white offspring. You know the children of those women and young girls used by these fellas. Who owns the stations and businesses started by these guys on country stolen from the children’s Aboriginal family. And often built with cheap or slave labour. The white kids or their black brothers and sisters?
Our present situation is built on our past history and as much as we want to hide it, it’s still there and it’s not pretty. With all the talk about domestic violence today we need to remember that this place was settled by white people with a huge amount of violence. The effects of which are still impacting today. That violence and mistreatment was accepted as the norm and ok to a great extent, and I think that many in the community still think it’s ok.